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Wikipedia Android app uses private keyboard for article editing
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Description

Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):

  • Open an article in Wikipedia Android app
  • Edit the article

What happens?:
A private keyboard opens like used for password fields. This means that I can get no suggestions or auto completions from the dictionary while writing.

What should have happened instead?:

The normal keyboard should open.

Software version (skip for WMF-hosted wikis like Wikipedia):
2.7.50419-alpha-2022-09-09

Other information (browser name/version, screenshots, etc.):
Fairphone 4, Android 11, AnySoftKeyboard

Screenshot_20220911-104335.png (2×1 px, 211 KB)

Event Timeline

This issue, among others, will be addressed in our larger task of improving the wikitext editing experience (T313223)